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About me
My railway interest really started in 1972 when I went to school in York and was able to see the fantastic Deltic locomotives heading north on the express trains. After the Deltic's finished at the end of 1981 I soon got very keen on the railways in Germany with the last few years of the V200 locos, and then I really started exploring Europe and beyond. I always took photos of the trains I travelled with, mostly prints. In 2002 I started taking digital photos with the Nikon 5700 camera, I soon upgraded to the 8700 as technology improved. I then moved on to Canon EOS 300, then to EOS 5D but I'm not a fan of full frame. I therefore changed to a Canon EOS 7D, for my needs, nowadays I prefer to Canon EOS 7D Mk II with a L series 24-105 mm lens

A ten day trip to Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria. I flew to Athens and after a works visit and a trip to Inoi I went north on overnight to Thessaloniki for a two day special train to Kozani with MLW A-470. First day was to Aminteo and then back to Edessa for night and next day to Kozani (we were first train for four years!). After a quiet day in Thessaloniki I took the overnight to Istanbul and then day train to Ankara. Once there booked sleeper on the Izmir overnight as these trains were now diesel hauled throughout, normally by the super DE22000 G26 GM locos. During the day I did a trip to Balikesir and then to Çigli for a 917 km run with DE22 to Ankara. Next day was around Ankara and then hotel in Polcatli. I covered two DE22s next morning and then day train to Istanbul and many photos of new high-speed line construction near Ankara. Overnight to Sofia for a relaxing afternoon and then flight home